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  • Re: Tiico and California Smog
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
    Sun, 3 Nov 2002 22:36:43 -0500
    ...the "scrap heap" comment IS a bit harsh. My $.02 worth. -- Stephen Chillicothe OH
  • patching canvas and screen
    Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
    Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:39:45 -0400
    hey all, anyone have a good fix to patch the poptop canvas (small holes) and the potop screen (big holes). it does not have...
  • Re: Screens
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Wed, 10 May 2006 13:42:53 -0400
    > Where did you get the skylight screen and blind. I'd like one > of those. We carry these in tan or gray (along with...
  • Re: stainless screrws posting #2
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:31:56 -0400
    ...The screws are still $15,29,but shippinng is free if youpurchace an item form my ebay store for vanagon parts.The ebay store...
  • Re: Radiator Bleed Screw
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:55:35 -0700
    re radiator bolts ...you can also go the luxury route and get the petcock instead of radiater screw from kennedy engineering. yes, its like...
  • door hinge plates(long)SUCCESS
    Historical mailing list - ray hale
    Tue, 05 Sep 95 08:53:38 EST
    ...13) once you have both hinges, top and bottom, held in place with the bottom screw in each, you can remove the top screw...
  • Conclusion to story of setting Idle
    Historical mailing list - James R. Gilbert
    Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:08:11 -0400
    ...Then I said don't turn that screw, I'd learn how to properly adjust the idle. (My idle was too high and was...
  • Re: Part *still* needed!
    Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
    Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:53:55 -0500
    ...on the other end of the screw... I attached an expanding toggle the size of the inside tube(plastic so it won't rust...
  • Re: In search of Vanagon Poptop stainless hardware
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:26:59 -0600
    Wouldn't be surprised @All to find them @ Ace Hardware also ~ @Least here in ABQ, Ace has an amazing selection of Nuts, Bolts, & Screws...
  • Re: screensaver thanks
    Historical mailing list - BILL
    Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:54:33 -0700
    ...screensaver thanks > > > Hi all - > > I wanted to thank everyone on the Vanagon list for all the > compliments I've > received on the Vanagon screensaver...
  • Re: Fridge again....
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sun, 5 Oct 2008 21:34:47 +0000
    ...Remove the screws on the vent outside the van. Then remove the screws holding the 2 tubes/hoses to the side of the van...
  • Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:10:55 -0800
    ...Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw > If you don't know what you're doing tightening that screw too much is an...
  • Jacking a subject
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:57:59 -0600
    Long before the Automotive World became so closely associated with the word JACK, Railroading, Construction and the Industrial World used a racheting or screw...
  • Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:37:40 -0400
    ...The end of the screw is blunt, offering more thread >engagement in short length applications. Ps -- There must be at least a hundred variations...
  • Re: 82 westy stove problem & ? about sreen in pop top.
    Historical mailing list - earl j. smith
    Wed, 21 Oct 1998 03:58:16 -0700
    ...To replace my screen with no-see-um screen, I removed the pop top and then removed the canvas cover. Took me about two...
  • Headlight adjustment screws
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:51:28 -0700
    Does anyone have a procedure for replacing the headlight adjustment screws? And adjusting them properly? Looks like mine on my recently broken headlight are...
  • worst thing ever done to my Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
    Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:39:24 -0500
    ...They didn't respond to the usual sponge-washing, so I went in the house and got a scrubber sponge and started scrubbing them...
  • Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
    Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
    Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:05:54 -0500
    ...Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw > If you don't know what you're doing tightening that screw too much is an...
  • Re: A gadget to do your wash on the road
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:13:25 -0500
    Cool, Yeah I have a few dry bags laying around that might work, but there is a special surafce inside the Scrubba to give...
  • Battery Question
    Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
    Fri, 1 May 1998 16:31:06 -0400
    ...The red wire is screwed down and on the other screw there is a red wire coming from it. Can anyone tell me what...
  • Re: Trip Report: Europe (Long)
    Historical mailing list - Austin
    Sun, 1 Nov 1998 00:11:19 -0800
    ...Haggis, in case anyone is not familiar with it, is >the local version of what we in the Philadelphia area call scrapple. >Scrapple, as...
  • vanagon screen saver
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 25 May 2000 10:36:47 +1200
    ...vanagon screen saver >Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 22:01:11 -0700 >Organization: www.transporter.org >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Priority: 3 >X...
  • Re: westy table wiggle
    Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
    Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:24:03 -0500
    ...I | stuck it on the upright tube of the table in the spot where the screw | tightens down. Now the screw (and related tightening...
  • Re: Buying vanagons as parts donors
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:03:41 EST
    ...Even > for $$. > > scrap metal is almost a dollar per 100lbs. are you telling me you actually have to *pay* to get your carcasses hauled...
  • Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:45:09 -0700
    my thoughts ... ( thanks for saying which engine .) personally I would not expect AFM mixture screw to have an affect on when fuel shut off...
  • Re: Fly screen (window screen) for 50/50 divides sliding window on the LEFT side, behind the driver
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 8 Apr 2006 12:23:22 -0500
    ...We have screens that will work while you are parked. They install from the outside and must be removed to close your windows: http...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:53:49 -0400
    ...Problem is, while trying to back the screw out, I have to loosen the exhaust valve adjustment screw ALL THE WAY, and even then...
  • Re: screensaver thanks
    Historical mailing list - Mike Harrnacker
    Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:36:51 -0800
    ...screensaver thanks > > > > > > Hi all - > > > > I wanted to thank everyone on the Vanagon list for all the > > compliments I've > > received on the Vanagon screensaver...
  • Re: sliding window opener
    Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
    Tue, 1 Aug 2000 10:31:10 -0700
    ...Inside is a spring and a screw. The spring is the same as a pen spring (pretty much). The screw is a 3-5...
  • Camper screens
    Historical mailing list - Groff, Montgomery
    Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:55:46 -0600
    ...I finally broke both clips off of one of the side window screens. Does anybody have any good tricks for keeping it in place...
  • FS: louvered jalousie side windows w/ screens, adapt to vanagon
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:25:57 EDT
    i have a pair of louvered jalousie side windows w/ screens that can be adapted to a vanagon w/ minor work. also have a...
  • Vanagon screens
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Sat, 21 Jul 2001 13:28:35 -0400
    I bought my screens (magnetic strip attaching on the outside) for my Carat from JC Whitney, and inside the box was the manufacturer's...
  • 3rd Party Temp.Gauge. Where to locate sensor???
    Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
    Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:15:48 -0330
    ...If I want to add a separate temperature gauge, where/how would I locate the sensor? Most gauges come with several screw-in fittings...
  • Re: afm air screw question?
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:20:57 -0800
    clockwise - richer counter clockwise - leaner --- milford <ims14519@SHAW.CA> wrote: > Does anybody know how the air mixture screw in the > afm rotates? Which way...
  • Re: Sea to Shining Sea In a Graham Paige Mdl. 57 Blue Streak or a 365 GTB/4
    Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
    Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:06:38 -0400
    >> I did a lot of inside window scraping during many of those winter season trips. << That's when you realize that the plastic lid...
  • Re: Screen for Pop-top
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Tue, 9 Oct 2007 16:36:34 -0700
    ...http://fanchers.com/13/Home.htm On 10/9/07, Zoltan Kuthy <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: > > One of our members is supplying the screens...
  • Re: how to fix cracked intrument cluster housings where speedo/tach mount to cluster
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:10:10 -0500
    Another way to do it is to cut the heads off of long screws so that you end up with studs. Then, epoxy the...
  • Window screens
    Historical mailing list - B Feddish
    Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:52:48 -0400
    ...Re: [VANAGON] was Plastic Ramps, now door screens ---- B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET> wrote: There is a guy I see at > allot of the...
  • Re: Seat/Bed Swap
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:34:39 -0700
    You can tell the slider windows made for screens by the location of the inside latch. On regular windows the latch is at the...
  • Re: vent window adjustment
    Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
    Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:50:34 -0400
    ...I used a set of needle nose Vise Grip pliers to tighten the vent window screw. Works great! Regards, Michael and Christina Nichols 2...
  • Re: westy help please
    Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
    Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:43:03 -0500
    > Also the water filler has a locking cover and I was not given a Key! > I think I can remove it with four screws...
  • Help!!!!! My VDO oil pressure brass T broke in half
    Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
    Sun, 3 Oct 2004 17:26:12 -0700
    ...of the engine (the VDO oil sensor screws into the end and the stock sensor screws into it at a right angle), the brass...
  • Re: oil pressure -- next round
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Wed, 16 May 2007 23:27:46 -0700
    ...BUT I do see quite obvious new scratches in the cover. > Scratches on the cover means the pump wasn't pumping much oil. Not...
  • Re: Propane and refrigerator success
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:23:11 -0700
    There should be a screw to hold the element in place. Image of 182A 1 pc. elements: http://tinyurl.com/pvkoum6 The screw doesn...
  • Re: painlessly removing steering knuckles?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 28 May 2014 23:37:38 -0400
    ...If you can't grad the heads with screwdriver cut new slots with a cut wheel. Get grip, heat the knuckle, fast, and the...
  • Re: Moss removal
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Wed, 18 May 2011 11:46:53 -0700
    ...I used a lesser concentration with soap to scrub the white poptop on my bus. Getting it wet, letting the bleach work and then...
  • NEW Pop up Screen only install
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:54:58 -0400
    Hi all I just spent last night and installed a new screen into my 85 westis pop up. Turned out Great and most anyone...
  • Re: installing new luggage rack seals
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:45:51 -0400
    ...Start in >section 75.8. > >1) Raise poptop > >2) Close all doors and windows > >3) Get something to stand on > >4) Remove all screws...
  • Re: Westy Fridge- Checking Propane Pressure Setting]
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Tue, 24 Sep 2002 07:20:01 -0700
    ...Remove this plug to get at > >the adjustment screw. A Phillips screwdriver is needed to turn the > >adjusting screw. DO NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENT...
  • Re: Westy Window Query
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:25:48 -0700
    You can't use the Westy screens on passenger windows. The Westy window has the handle in a different spot to make room for...
  • Re: ford window cranks?
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:54:14 -0700
    ...Some cranks had a #2 phillips screw, some had a torx screw and a few had allen screws, so take a selection of tools...
  • Re: upper bunk hangs up
    Historical mailing list - Bill M
    Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:56:13 -0400
    I have seen where the hinge gets hung up on one of the screw heads. If you unfold the board and watch you will...
  • Re: Catalina 2500 Awning Installation
    Historical mailing list - John Fried
    Wed, 10 May 2000 10:15:16 -0400
    ...I removed the small screw from the middle bracket last night, but the poptop still hits the top of the middle bracket when I...
  • Re: Countersunk screws on latch on rear of the sliding door
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Thu, 5 Dec 2019 15:47:38 -0700
    ...The screw in question dose not look like the threads are intact. Do > you know where I can get replacement screws? > John > On Thu...
  • Re: A question about washing old alloy wheels.
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 19 Nov 1999 19:25:32 EST
    ...wet the wheel and pad thoroughly and scrub only the black areas. i only use this method for cleaning alloy wheels that are absolutely...
  • Re: Screen for the slideing door...
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot, Inc.
    Fri, 20 Apr 2001 07:48:30 -0400
    > Does anyone make a screen for the sliding door. I believe I > could make one but I just don't have the time... Yes...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 29 Aug 2005 to 30 Aug 2005 - Special issue (#2005-708)
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:12:40 -0700
    Steve, Do you happen to have a jpg of the non-westie screens you could email? I was thinking of making my own but...
  • Re: How many trips to the Scrap yard for an 86 Syncro?
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Wed, 4 Feb 2009 02:40:27 -0600
    ...Total weight of the scrap was 750# for a ripe old $23 in cash which just about paid for the Sawzall blades!!! DM&FS...
  • Re: Headliner screws
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:56:27 -0700
    they are the little sheetmetal screws with curved bottom (can't recall the name)... the ones at the windscreen end have snaps for the...
  • Re: water tank key
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:04:13 -0700
    ...You'll see a plate on the floor of that cupboard with 2 screws holding it down. Remove the screws and you have access...